News | MONUC
| North Kivu operation a boost for repatriation, peace - president | |
IRIN - February 3, 2009 | |
 | The joint military operation by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to dislodge armed militias from North Kivu Province has prompted an increase in combatants willing to be repatriated, President Joseph Kabila said. |
| MONUC urges Rwandan Hutu militia to disarm and return home | |
UN News - February 2, 2009 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has extended an olive branch to the ethnic Rwandan Hutu militia involved in armed conflict in the east of the country, urging combatants to hand in their weapons and repatriate. |
| North Kivu: Joint Congolese-Rwandan Operations Continue | |
MISNA - January 26, 2009 | |
 | Rwandan and Congolese troops are continuing in the joint operation against the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in east Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations sources confirmed to MISNA, adding that little information is emerging on developments. |
| DR Congo peace talks suspended after arrest of rebel leader | |
XINHUA - January 24, 2009 | |
 | The UN-backed talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and eastern rebel group which began in Nairobi last month in a bid to end the bloody conflict has been suspended after the arrest of the rebel leader Gen. Laurent Nkunda. |
| Mixed Reaction Greets Rwandan Troops in DRC to Fight Rebels | |
VOA News - January 21, 2009 | |
| There is mixed reaction after residents in the restive town of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province heard announcement that Rwandan forces are in the country to fight rebels. This comes after Kinshasa invited Kigali troops to chase down the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebels after a recent agreement last year between Congo President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda President Paul Kagame. |
| UN-backed talks in DR Congo making slow progress, envoy tells Security Council | |
VOA News - January 15, 2009 | |
 | Tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are beginning to thaw as on-going peace talks, aimed at ending fighting in the east of the DRC between the Government and the main rebel militia in the region, are making slow progress, the United Nations envoy facilitating negotiations told the Security Council today. |
| Diplomatic Activity Builds to Halt Eastern Congo Clashes | |
VOA News - January 8, 2009 | |
 | Diplomatic activity aimed at ending the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying. The United Nations mediator for eastern Congo, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived Thursday in Kinshasa for talks with Congolese officials, while talks between the Congolese government and eastern rebels continued in Kenya. |
| UN calls on rebels to resume talks with Government | |
UN News - January 2, 2009 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called on the main rebel group in the east of the vast country to resume talks with the Government next week in a bid to end fighting that has forced over 250,000 from their homes since August. |
| UNHCR Appeals for More UN, Congolese Troops to Protect Civilians | |
VOA News - January 1, 2009 | |
 | The UN refugee agency is appealing to the Congolese government to send more troops to protect civilians in Orientale Province in the northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army massacred hundreds of civilians in the area over the Christmas period. |
| Ban Ki-moon denounces 'appalling atrocities' by Ugandan rebels in DR Congo | |
UN News - December 30, 2008 | |
 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the “appalling atrocities” reportedly committed by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and southern Sudan, and demanded that they respect all rules of international humanitarian law. |
